MIN-0 Devlog #1: The idea, the who am I anyway, and the start of prototyping

Howdy, and welcome to the first dev log of my MIN-0 project. In this first video, I want to lay out a general idea of the game, tell you something about myself, and then start on the basics of prototyping.
Yes, I know the graphics are beyond awful. But in prototyping, you can pretty much move a rough blob around if you can use it to test a concept out. That said, quite how I'm going to learn to draw when this becomes a game is another question!
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[@anderslarsson4252]

Very interesting devlog! Currently learning godot myself, looking forward to seeing more entries in your log.

[@currykittengamedev]

Thank! There's a few more devlogs already on the channel. There's some interesting things in Godot that aren't available anywhere else - like I just discovered putting scenes into groups so that you can call a method on all of them from your parent scene.

[@anderslarsson4252]

Well how about that! I will read up on that right away, it sounds useful for my current project.

[@BenScarboro]

I'm liking this, a glimpse in to your mind... Plus, something I've been meaning to do for a while, so I will enjoy following along :)

[@currykittengamedev]

Cheers :D It's an interesting process - gets the old grey matter working a bit more, and it's kind of like trying to solve a series of daily issues !

[@BenScarboro]

@@currykittengamedev The solving problems every day is the part I like. As you say, keeps the 'ol grey matter running.

[@aaronlinell3916]

I agree with your assessment about how tabbed code blocks can cause editing and reading mistakes

[@currykittengamedev]

I'd love an option to use curly braces instead, but for now I'll just have to be very careful

[@Garmichael1]

I'm still learning Godot myself so take this as just brainstorming musing. But I wonder if you could just toggle the rigid body on only when you're touching the ground, and toggle it off to maintain that tight retro control without it. otherwise. I am also not a fan of physics based character controllers. They tend to feel sloppy as a player, and difficult to tune as a designer.